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[Keksz]

QUOTE(SlickWilly440 @ Apr 8 2010, 10:48 AM)

Well, for Final Fantasy XIII, just extract each disc to a separate folder. Then cut/paste the contents of the second disc into the first folder and click yes to overwrite any folder BUT NOT files. Then do the same thing for the disc 3 contents. Finally you should have one folder with all the contents from all 3 discs.

overwrite any folder but not files
it means overwrite anything from DVD2 into DVD1, but not the files in the root folder?

[wulfie]

copy everything from disc 2, paste to disc 1, you'll be asked if you want to overwrite the folders, say yes, you'll then be asked if you want to overwrite the files, say no.  do the same for disc 3, copy everything from disc 3, paste to disc 1, overwrite folders, do not overwrite files.

[Keksz]

QUOTE(wulfie @ Apr 10 2010, 03:43 PM)

copy everything from disc 2, paste to disc 1, you'll be asked if you want to overwrite the folders, say yes, you'll then be asked if you want to overwrite the files, say no.  do the same for disc 3, copy everything from disc 3, paste to disc 1, overwrite folders, do not overwrite files.

ok, than still 1 question:

with "what" do you "copy paste" the folder?
with windows explorer
with a file manager like total commander
or with the xexmenu? :-D


(because I didn't see what make sense to "overwrite" a folder, if you didn't overwrite the files :-D and can't imagine which application will ask something like that)

but I guess I does the same, will check it.

This post has been edited by Keksz: Apr 10 2010, 03:28 PM

[wulfie]

you can use windows explorer, total commander, or any other file management application for windows

[Kyo13]

My Oh My .... I'm just dreaming ...

Again 3 messages about FFXIII ... no comment ... just make a post for it ... and go ask 10 time a page how to make it work if you want ...  

So I will use the example of FFXIII (everybody like I see ...) We don't need to modify the number of disc to make it works, as other games that dosen't have same named files ... so, sorry, but I don't think that using GOD for change the number of disc will change something ...

And like I said it before, I've found the disc number information on the XeX files using an hexadecimal editor, but it's useless ... many things need to be changed I think (like I said before, i've take a look at the 3 XeX files of Star Ocean, seems like the 3 files still have the same structure, pointing to bin files ... but seems like XeX files contain bin files details ! And that what need to be changed I think (or correctly assembled).

That why I'm still asking for help .... looking this way ! But I'm slowly begin being tired, of read useless messages, and no one trying to make it works.

So why complicated things ? Games already woking as it .... trying to do things better for everyone don't seems to interest ... So good luck for those who will try to find answer at this probelm !

[Lurkin]

Kyo13 the problem is that FF13 can be combined into 1 folder for all 3 discs that will play continuously but people can't seem to follow simple instructions and need to be told repeatedly how to do it so it gets stated over and over and over again.

For the other games that use the same file name and structure on each disc the problem is that unless someone can rewrite all of the paths to those files it won't be done.  Obviously the disc points to the files within it's own disc, so you would have to put the files for each disc into folders like "disc 1", "disc 2", etc and then rewrite the paths in the executables and anywhere else they appear to link to those files with the /disc 1/ before it to get it to work.  It's probably too much work and easier to just put each disc in a god format as it's own entry.

That only becomes an issue if you end up with something like Mass Effect 2 where there is not a save point immediately at the disc change.  So you can't just start disc 2 and the load the save.  That was a smart anti-piracy move in a way but I am sure it was completely accidental on their part.

[SlickWilly440]

QUOTE(Lurkin @ Apr 12 2010, 07:02 AM)

That only becomes an issue if you end up with something like Mass Effect 2 where there is not a save point immediately at the disc change.

It appears that if one tries to play FFXIII with each disc extracted to separate folders, the game will not save immediately before the disc change, but after the disc change.  So the only solution seemed to be was to combine all the extracted discs to one folder.

Did anyone have this happen to them?

[Kyo13]

.... It appears like I said before ... that people did not said the JTag method they used ....

Seems like Freeboot (I don't know abou the new version release a few days ago) and XBReboot doesn't have same issues ....

I have a XBR Jtagged Jasper V4 ... For FFXIII I have copied all files from disc 2 and disc 3 on the disc 1 directory WITHOUT remplacing files ... So like I said before ... no one gives explanations about the modified XeX of FFXIII that comes out at this time .... I've installed it and use this ! From Disc1 to disc3 : NO PROBLEM : I didn't even seen any question about disc change ... but this modified XeX is useless for XBR ... Seems like only Freeboot users need this ... and seems like people that install games the same way have different issues .... so if people were telling if they have Freeboot or XBReboot ... I really think it will help understand things ....

But see all I say ... I've said it before ... Useless again ...

[dacore84]

So there are no solution to play Star Ocean yet since the file names are the same on all three discs?

[dacore84]

Would it be possible to extract the .iso files to get the .bin files and then extract the content of the .bin files to a folder. Then do the same thing with the other .bin files and in the end combine all extracted data in a new single .bin file?

[xmugen360]

I am going to be working on star ocean soon...just got a 1tb external and trying to get all my multidisc games on it...My plan is to use ubuntu linux to merge the 3 discs will keep you guys posted...

This post has been edited by xmugen360: Apr 23 2010, 12:03 PM

[xmugen360]

groan trying to follow instructions here: http://www.ubuntuhowtos.com/howtos/merge_bin_files to merge the star ocean bin files but ran into a snag says there is no such file or directory (lol but that is impossible) maybe someone else can try?

lol i am a dumbass...was in wrong desktop dir(didnt realize i had more than one whateva...) files are merging now taking a bugger of awhile...

My plan is to basically merge all 3 of the soz0 and soz1 files into 2 large bins wish me luck...

woohoo that's done took awhile now copying to my large external hd...will keep you posted crossing fingers hope this works...one problem is I haven't played this game yet (watched my bud play The Medler Z and it looked sick as hell towards the end) I do have a copy of a friends save file to test if it works but it dont belong to my profile....

So far first problem I ran into is the soz0.bin file becomes a 9.8gb file and ubuntu errored out copying to my large external...I have access to a smaller usb drive which seems to be taking the file just fine...keep your fingers crossed...

This post has been edited by xmugen360: Apr 23 2010, 05:25 PM

[xmugen360]

groan well that took longer to error out but it still did...more than likely due to fat32 4gb file size limit...methinks to try this method i would need hfs or send to the top hd will keep ya'll posted...

[dacore84]

QUOTE(xmugen360 @ Apr 23 2010, 05:31 PM)

groan trying to follow instructions here: http://www.ubuntuhow...merge_bin_files to merge the star ocean bin files but ran into a snag says there is no such file or directory (lol but that is impossible) maybe someone else can try?

lol i am a dumbass...was in wrong desktop dir(didnt realize i had more than one whateva...) files are merging now taking a bugger of awhile...

My plan is to basically merge all 3 of the soz0 and soz1 files into 2 large bins wish me luck...

woohoo that's done took awhile now copying to my large external hd...will keep you posted crossing fingers hope this works...one problem is I haven't played this game yet (watched my bud play The Medler Z and it looked sick as hell towards the end) I do have a copy of a friends save file to test if it works but it dont belong to my profile....

So far first problem I ran into is the soz0.bin file becomes a 9.8gb file and ubuntu errored out copying to my large external...I have access to a smaller usb drive which seems to be taking the file just fine...keep your fingers crossed...

Hope it works for you! But is that possible to just merge those files like that? I used isobuster and opened the .bin file. Didn´t find anything but a popup came and said it could search for hidden or lost files or similar. Took a minute and then it actually find some content. I didn´t have any more time atm so I´m not sure if I can extract those files to a folder and do the same with the others .bin files and then combine them as one.

[xmugen360]

thanks for wishing me luck...did you check out the link i posted?  I guess the cat command in ubuntu is commonly used to combine bin files...this is what gave me the idea...of course we are not dealing with normal bin files but i did not have an error when I combined...

I ended up with this

a 9.8gb soz0.bin file and a 7.1gb soz1.bin file Of course I am just assuming baed on naming convention and size of the xex that we should be combining or merging the similar name files...I could be totally wrong...but hwy it is an attempt

right now I am compressing them so I can get the files to a windows pc so I can ftp to the top loader...due to the file sizes I believe this is the only way....

If someone has access to an hfs external and access to ubuntu pls try method in link I posted...I honestly feel it would work...